Saturday, October 27, 2007

Covenant Child!





Melina was baptized last month and I am just now getting around to putting it on the blog! It was wonderful. I think the entire congregation was holding their breath in anticipation of her screaming once I handed her over to Ted. However, our prayers were answered, and she did great! She did not cry one little peep, but instead kept her eyes on Ted and took it all in stride.
What peace there is in knowing that it is up to God to change our children's hearts and not our own. Yes, I understand our responsibility, but for me as a control freak it is something I have to preach to myself regularly.

Amazed







Oh, how thankful I am for our family and this special little girl! I thank God and I am amazed at how He carefully chose her for us. She is growing. She is now 15 mo. old. This week she had her well check and her pediatrician of course was pleased. She has gone from a little girl that could barely sit up on her own and 3 months behind to a little toddler toddling around, getting into everything, saying new words everyday, and is now closer to an 18mo. old. I am not bragging, just so amazed and so in love. We all are.
The older girls have a lot of fun with her also. It gives me joy to see these sisters enjoying each other and learning how to work and play together. I am thankful they have each other.
Today Barry said," Mommy needs to start the paperwork for #2!"
We'll see....

Friday, September 14, 2007

Sarasota Trip and New Email Address

Sorry it has been such a long time since we last posted. We have been busy living our lives with Melina and the rest of the girls. We are really enjoying it too. Melina appears to be no different than any other little girl her age. She is crawling around now and soon she will be walking. She has a little mind of her own and we have to tell her "No." even though it doesn't seem we've had her long enough for that. Nevertheless, she is into everything, just like any other child. She is so funny. She will go toward something we have told her "No" to and when she gets close, she stops short, normally, looks up at Mommy or Daddy with a questioning expression, and shakes her head "No." Sometimes she actually does turn away and sometimes she doesn't - pretty typical.

As we were eating supper tonight, I made the comment that the Chinese government really did a good job of picking Melina for us. Shanna corrected me when she said, "God chose her before the foundation of the world." How true she is. I pray that we would be worthy stewards of this amazing gift.

By the way - our email has changed. Our new email is bsginn@embarqmail.com. Shanna and I will try to do a better job of keeping you posted on our family. Please forgive us for the long time between posts. All is well here at the Ginn household.

The collage above are pictures taken from our trip to Longboat Key in August. Remember, you can click on the picture and it will open the picture up in a larger window so you can see it better.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Happy Birthday Melina!







We are settling in nicely at the Ginn Residence. It was tough there for a while. Melina was not sleeping well which means we were not sleeping well. I'm glad that's settled a bit lately.

Since the last time we posted, Melina has turned one year old. We had a great party for her. We enjoyed Chinese food - Shrimp Lo Mein, Moo Goo Guy Pan, General Tso's Chicken, and egg rolls. Melina also dug into some birthday cake. Check out these photos.

More to come later. Hopefully, not so long next time.

Barry